Via: NPR
Colton Harris-Moore was arrested before dawn in northern Eleuthera, said Sgt. Chrislyn Skippings, a spokeswoman for the Royal Bahamas Police Force. A contingent of high-ranking officers traveled to the island to take the suspect to Nassau, the country’s capital, where he faces possible extradition to the United States.
Island police had been searching for the wily 19-year-old thief since he allegedly crash-landed a stolen plane a week ago on nearby Great Abaco Island, where he was blamed for a string of at least seven break-ins.
Authorities caught Harris-Moore as he attempted to dock a boat at Harbour Island, a small tourist destination just off mainland Eleuthera, said a senior police official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case. He said authorities had been watching the coastlines overnight.
What will become of this saga now? Will Harris-Moore be extradited? Will he spend a long time in jail? Will he get a lucrative book deal?
UPDATE: I swear I looked at the Morning News and didn’t see this item on it (I think there was an update while I was building this). It really deserves its own post anyway.
@36: “He is a common criminal…”
Nope, he’s a pretty damn rare criminal.
I keep hearing about how rich he’s gonna be. I might be wrong but isn’t there some law about profiting off of your crimes while in prison?
@52: Yes, the “Son of Sam” law. Makes it harder for this deer-fucker to get rich selling stories of his exploits.
@15 – “Colton” along with Jaden and Skyler – New Millenium white trash names for boys